Outdoor lantern for long-burning candles



Aug. 5, 1952 D. o. c. DECKERT ET AL 2,606,279

OUTDOOR LANTERN FOR LONG-BURNING CANDLES Filed Sept. 26, 1949 33 Q 15 20 l 9 9 I? I9 1 2/ x\\ x I X 5 2 a /r Patented Aug. 5, 1952 accepts OUTDOOR LANTERN FORLONG-BURNING CANDLES Danv ers 0. caDe ckert and Harry 0. Deckert, 1 University City, Mo.

Application S'ept'eriiber 26, 1949, Serial No. 117,816

1 This invention relates to lanterns and more specifically to lanterns for long-burning candles particularly adapted for outdoor use for religious or memorial purposes, such as-on graves or outdoor shrines.

The pupose of the invention is the provision of an economical lantern construction which is particularly suitable for the specified use in that.

it protects the candle frombeing extinguished under adverse weather conditions while allowing for an adequate draft to keep the candle burning. To accomplish these results, the lantern of this invention, in general, comprises a base supporting a light-transmitting housing for a candle placed on the base; The housing is open at its top and bottom. Its open bottom rests on the base and surrounds the candle, with space within the housing around'thecandle for flow of air. The base is formed to leave the open bottom of the housing in part unobstructed for. entry of air into the space within the housing around the candle. Resting on the top of the housing is a removable hood which allows for a draft while shieldingthe flame from wind, rain, snow and other adverse weather. The hood comprises an apertured head which rests on the top of the housing and a cap supported by the head and spaced outward from the head in such a way as to allow for a draft through the opening in the head and thence between the head and the cap. Other features will be in part apparent and in part pointed out hereinafter.

The invention accordingly comprises the elements and combinations of elements, features of construction, and arrangements of parts which will be exemplified in the structures hereinafter described, and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawing, in which one of various possible embodiments of the invention is illustrated,

Fig. 1 is a perspective of a lantern of this invention, parts being broken away and. shown in section;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged horizontal section taken on line 22 of Fig. 1; and,

Fig. 3 is a vertical section, with parts broken away, taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views of the drawing.

Referring to the drawing, the lantern of this invention is shown to comprise a base I for holding a candle 3 and a housing 5 for the candle. As shown, the base comprises a stand having a top 2 Claims. (01. 240-13) l on legs three legs beingused. The legs are pointed at their lower ends, as shown at H, so

that they may be readily driven into the ground. At 13 is shown a brace for the legs. This functions to limit the extent to which the legs may be driven into the ground, as well as functioning as a brace. The housing 5, as herein illustrated consists of a clear glass cylinder, open at top and bottom, and having an outwardly flaring top :portion I5. The candle 3, as herein illustrated, is of a long-burningtype comprising a colored glass jar ll containing wax I9 and having a wick 2B. The inside diameter of the housing 5 is greater than the outside diameter of the candle to provide an annular space 2! around the candle within the housing for flow of air.

The housing 5 rests at its lower edge on the top 7 of the stand. The top 1 of the stand is made of such outline as to leave openings between the edges of the top I and .the lower edge of the'hous ing for entry of air into the annular space 2 l As.

herein shown, the top 1 is made of a triangular sheet metal blank having its corners bent upward to provide members 23 for centering the housing on the top 1. The triangular outline of the blank is such as to provide three openings 25 between the edges of the top 1 and the lower edge of the housing. The legs 9 are made of sheet metal angle bars and the brace I3 of a sheet metal plate, the top 7 and the brace being spot welded to the legs.

On the top of the housing is removably supported a hood of the invention, generally designated 27. As shown, the hood comprises a generally dome-shaped sheet metal head 29 the top of which is centrally apertured as indicated at 3|. The head 29, at its lower margin, is of such diameter as to rest upon the upper edge of the outwardly flaring upper end [5 of the housing and has an annular depending flange 33 which encircles the upper end of the housing.

This flange may be made downwardly convergent, as illustrated, to conform to the shape of the outwardly flaring upper end portion of the housing. A generally dome-shaped sheet metal cap 35 is carried by and above the head on a series of struts 37 spaced around the opening 3| in the head. The cap is spaced from the head by the struts to allow for a draft between the head and the cap. The cap is of such diameter at its lower margin and of such depth as completely to cover the head with its lower margin below the level of the top of the head while leaving an annular opening at 39 between the lower margins of cap and the head. The struts 3 may be made of sheet metal and spot welded to the head and cap. An emblem 4|, such as a religious emblem, may be mounted on the top of the cap, if desired.

The above-described construction is such that with the hood 21 removed, the candle may be lit, and the hood then applied to the upper end of the housing. A draft is sustained through the openings 25, through the annular space 2| with-v in the housing around the candle jar l1, and out through the opening 3! in the head 29 and the space between the head and the cap 35. The latter covers the opening 3| in the head to prevent rain, snow or sleet from extinguishing the candle. With the head 29 of dome shape, and the cap 35 also of dome shape and extending downward below the level of the opening 31, protection is afforded from driving rain which would otherwise tend to enter under the cap from the side and find its way through the opening.

In view of the above, it will be seen that the several objects of the invention are achieved and other advantageous results attained.

As many changes could be made in the'above constructions without departing from the scope of the invention, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

We claim:

1. An outdoor lantern for a long-burning candle, comprising a stand having a flat top and legs fixed at their upper ends to the top and adapted to be driven at their lower ends into the ground, the stand being adapted to support a long-burning candle on its top, an upright cylindrical light-transmitting housing for the candle resting at its lower end on the flat top of the stand, the housing being open at its top and,

bottom and enclosing a candle with space for draft between the housing and candle, the top of the stand having upturned corners holding the housing centered on the top of the stand, the top of the stand being of such outline between the corners as to leave openings into the housing at locations between the corners to allow for an upward draft of air in the housing around the candle, and a hood on the top of the housing comprising a centrally apertured generally dome-shaped head resting at its lower margin on the upper end of the housing and having a flange encircling the upper end of the housing, a series of struts extending upward from the head, and a generally dome-shaped cap carried by the struts above the head covering the opening in the head and spaced from the head to allow for a draft between the head and the cap, the lower margin of the cap lying below the level of the apertured top of the head.

2. A lantern as set forth in claim 1 wherein the top of the stand consists of a triangular blank of sheet metal with the corners of the triangle bent upward.

DANVERS O. C. DECKERT. HARRY C. DECKERT.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

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